Mason (Carter Brothers #2) - Lisa Helen Gray Page 0,50

shoes,’’ he shrugs.

“The place does look homey now that everything is moved in,’’ Maverick comments.

“Just needs some pictures up and it will be a home,’’ I suggest, speaking out loud.

“And a baby girl,’’ Mason says softly and my heart melts. I look over to him to see his warm eyes focused on mine and I smile.

“Any chance you could scoot up, babe?’’

“Oh yeah, sorry,’’ I grin sheepishly. I scoot up the sofa as Malik walks into the room. Mason takes a seat in between Harlow and I and Malik takes one in front of Harlow on the floor. We only bought a three seat sofa and an armchair, so Maverick, Myles and Malik will have to make do with the floor, but looking at them piling mountains of food on their plates, they don’t seem to care. I will have to buy some beanbags from a store that I saw in town, they would go perfect in this room.

Myles helps himself going through the box of DVD’s we got from my parent’s house and picks one out with a grin.

“Love this film, Nightmare on Elm Street,’’ He grins excitedly.

“Can’t we watch something else?’’ Max whines like a two year old.

“Nah, I want to see this. I didn’t pick you as a horror film chick,’’ Mason grins, his eyes sparkling.

“They aren’t horror movies, Mason,’’ I tell him dryly.

“Yeah it is. I fucking shit my pants and couldn’t sleep for a week because of Freddy. I was scared he’d come for me,’’ Mason tells me wide eyed.

“Don’t even get me started on the freaky show. I watched Scream once with a girl at the cinema. I wasn’t paying attention to the movie at first, I was staring at the girl’s tits, but then everyone started gasping, so I started watching it. It was fucking horrible. Let’s just say the girl got freaked, practically jumped in my lap, but all I could do was shove her off screaming ‘I can’t watch this, I can’t’ like a little girl. Worst date ever. I didn’t even get to touch her up.’’

We all look to Max who is also piling food onto his plate at the same time as talking and we all burst into laughter. He looks at us all offended before grabbing a tray of curry and sitting back in the chair.

“Remember that time as a kid when we made him watch Hocus Pocus?’’ Maverick asks Mason chuckling.

“Shut the fuck up,’’ Max warns making me grin, even though I don’t know what they’re going on about.

“This I have to hear. I love that movie and I’m still shocked over you crying over Scream, because that has to be one of the funniest horror movies made,’’ I grin.

“Well our dad had left us for the night this once and said we could watch the tele. The choices of films that night were Hocus Pocus, and a few other boring films, so we made him sit and watch Hocus Pocus. We weren’t even halfway through the movie before he started screaming and crying. You know the zombie, Billy? Well when he rose out of the grave Max nearly wet himself,’’ Maverick laughs and we all laugh with him apart from a scolding Max.

“Hey, Mason, I don’t know why you’re laughing, I can remember you nearly pissing yourself crying over the Wrong turn,’’ Max taunts looking smug.

“I was laughing that hard my eyes started to water,’’ he replies dryly and I grin looking at him. He must sense my stare because he turns to look at me and the look he gives me sends shivers up my spine.

“You okay?’’

“I laughed at that movie too. You’d run the way you came wouldn’t you? You wouldn’t run in the forest?’’

“Oh God,’’ Mason groans. “And when they run into the abandoned shed looking for a phone,’’ he says rolling his eyes. “Why would they even think there would be a phone in there, the place had campfires outside for heaven sakes.’’

“Don’t get me started, it’s just as bad when they hide under the bed or they walk to find out what the noise is. Me... I’d lock myself up in my room until I heard something else then call the police.’’ Which I did, I want to add, but I don’t, I don’t want to put a downer on the day. I’ve managed, even between them all moving boxes to get to know the rest of the Carter brothers more and I’m so thankful to be a part of this